Peter Connan wrote:By the end of the day the dune was so tough, the maiden ended up on the endof a winch cable.

Yes, but if I may interject, Cedric could have blown down much more, but gracefully allowed me to break my winch-virginity instead.
Thats our story anyway.

.... absolutely Alex....

Yeah I did have my tyres a little harder than they should have been. I was probably close on 1.4 bar, but figured that I can always take air out the tyre, which is easier than adding air in if we go over some very rocky sections.
When Alex came charging down to asked me to try out his new winch, I knew this was something he has been wanting to try. And a winch is something one hardly ever gets to use, cause our Patrols are so capable.

IanT wrote:So the 4.8's left the turbo diesels standing in the drag races in the sand??? Interesting

Well mr Ian.....the fact that the only petrol that was racing against the diesels was an AT made gave Tinus a bit of an advantage, and when we did a running start drag race it was not that easy to leave the diesles behind.

Jip all sorts of stories....lol
But if i gave micheal a 3 car start infront i had to make the 4.8 by mekaar to catch him before the 200m mark ..
Alex had to much from the start.
I use tiptronic mode when drag racing gives me more control